Me & Taylor
@vespalien.bsky.social
Crusty old scouser socialist grandad. Retired Chartered Engineer. Still sailing & seeking another motorbike/scooter.
Be warned, I do not always follow back. It's not you, it's me. 🥰
Be warned, I do not always follow back. It's not you, it's me. 🥰
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She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE.
A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
She lives with her grandmother in Colombia and travels frequently to the U.S. to visit her mother. Her visa made them targets for ICE.
A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
A trip to Disneyland ended with a 9-year-old, who had broken no laws, detained at Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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If you're ever alarmed about how fucked up America is, just remember that Kinder Surprise is banned there, for "small parts risk to children", but guns kill 2,500 children per year. And that lack of self-awareness makes it a little bit funny.
February 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
If you're ever alarmed about how fucked up America is, just remember that Kinder Surprise is banned there, for "small parts risk to children", but guns kill 2,500 children per year. And that lack of self-awareness makes it a little bit funny.
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Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/rig...
Stop the attack on our right to protest
The government is planning new powers that could seriously restrict your right to protest. Under these proposals, police could limit or block protests based on the so-called “cumulative impact” of pas...
action.friendsoftheearth.uk
February 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/rig...
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Mandelson will be next, and Boris Johnson must be next too. He may not be involved with Epstein but he has been responsible for misconduct in public office. Has had destroyed the U.K.
And after Johnson, there needs to be appropriate charges brought against Farage and Gove surely?
And after Johnson, there needs to be appropriate charges brought against Farage and Gove surely?
February 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Mandelson will be next, and Boris Johnson must be next too. He may not be involved with Epstein but he has been responsible for misconduct in public office. Has had destroyed the U.K.
And after Johnson, there needs to be appropriate charges brought against Farage and Gove surely?
And after Johnson, there needs to be appropriate charges brought against Farage and Gove surely?
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“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
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🚨BREAKING: A national security official says Donald Trump is in a catch-22 where Iranians are threatening to release videos of him sexually assaulting children if he bombs them, and Israel is threatening the same if he doesn't!
My god! Lock that fucker up!
Leak the videos. The End.
My god! Lock that fucker up!
Leak the videos. The End.
February 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Think that Wolves equaliser goes right up there in the pantheon of 21st-century Arsenal nonsense.
Had all the ingredients:
- Unknown teenage debutant goal
- Calamitous keeper-defender mix-up
- Deep into stoppage-time
- Title on the line / trophy up for grabs
Had all the ingredients:
- Unknown teenage debutant goal
- Calamitous keeper-defender mix-up
- Deep into stoppage-time
- Title on the line / trophy up for grabs
February 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Think that Wolves equaliser goes right up there in the pantheon of 21st-century Arsenal nonsense.
Had all the ingredients:
- Unknown teenage debutant goal
- Calamitous keeper-defender mix-up
- Deep into stoppage-time
- Title on the line / trophy up for grabs
Had all the ingredients:
- Unknown teenage debutant goal
- Calamitous keeper-defender mix-up
- Deep into stoppage-time
- Title on the line / trophy up for grabs
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Ah Matt turn off comments.
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔
February 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Ah Matt turn off comments.
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔
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Happy Lent to those who celebrate, and Ramadan Mubarak to those who celebrate!!
February 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Happy Lent to those who celebrate, and Ramadan Mubarak to those who celebrate!!
Unfortunately, "harming the Nation" is precisely why they are doing it.
Wow.
Fed. judge tells DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem, AG Bondi, EOIR and others that they are harming "the fabric of this very nation" by defying a court order that vacated their automatic-detention policy.
Order is linked here:
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Fed. judge tells DHS, ICE, Sec. Noem, AG Bondi, EOIR and others that they are harming "the fabric of this very nation" by defying a court order that vacated their automatic-detention policy.
Order is linked here:
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
February 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Unfortunately, "harming the Nation" is precisely why they are doing it.
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Epstein files show the entire anti-trans movement was coordinated by a handful of wealthy eugenicist pedophiles. Anyways here's why democrats should hear them out.
February 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Epstein files show the entire anti-trans movement was coordinated by a handful of wealthy eugenicist pedophiles. Anyways here's why democrats should hear them out.
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Sending warm wishes for peace and joy to Muslims around the world as they begin observing this holy month. Ramadan Mubarak!
February 18, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Sending warm wishes for peace and joy to Muslims around the world as they begin observing this holy month. Ramadan Mubarak!
The Epstein Administration
February 18, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The Epstein Administration
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February 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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There are currently two corporations with applications to strip the west coast of seaweed.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
''Acadian Seaplants, a massive Canadian corporation and owner of Arramara Teoranta, has put in an application to harvest tens of thousands of tons of wrack from huge swathes of the west coast.''
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Sign the petition and lets stop this from happening ✊️
#SpeirGorm
my.uplift.ie/petitions/st...
Stop a Canadian corporation harvesting huge forests of seaweed from the west coast
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
my.uplift.ie
February 6, 2026 at 4:47 PM
There are currently two corporations with applications to strip the west coast of seaweed.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
There will be a tiny window to put in a submission to these applications but it'd be good to build momentum now and get these applications being talked about locally.
Please sign and share.
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“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
Epstein survivor tells CBS News how she was trafficked, and assaulted
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
www.aol.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
“As the airplane took off, Epstein started touching me forcibly in between my legs, and I freaked out. I realized, this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped. They whisked me away to the island. I was stuck there. They never arranged any modeling opportunities, I was completely conned."
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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@jamestalarico.bsky.social #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert
Trump will always be a loser.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Trump will always be a loser.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
@jamestalarico.bsky.social #TheLateShowWithStephenColbert
Trump will always be a loser.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Trump will always be a loser.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Farage’s frontbench of failure, packed with failed Tories, including Robert Jenrick & Suella Braverman, who spent over 3,000 days in government trashing our economy, hammering mortgages leaving Britain worse off.
#NeverVoteReform
#NeverVoteReform
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Farage’s frontbench of failure, packed with failed Tories, including Robert Jenrick & Suella Braverman, who spent over 3,000 days in government trashing our economy, hammering mortgages leaving Britain worse off.
#NeverVoteReform
#NeverVoteReform
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This has really made my day today….
After 14 years of Tory incompetence, #FarageRiots truly believes that his new Tory incarnation is the “Dogs Bollo*ks” of UK politics.
The worst of all humanity…..
#HonestBob
#Cruella
#DubaiDick
#30pLee
#ZiaUseless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
After 14 years of Tory incompetence, #FarageRiots truly believes that his new Tory incarnation is the “Dogs Bollo*ks” of UK politics.
The worst of all humanity…..
#HonestBob
#Cruella
#DubaiDick
#30pLee
#ZiaUseless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK frontbench team and warns over dissent
Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
This has really made my day today….
After 14 years of Tory incompetence, #FarageRiots truly believes that his new Tory incarnation is the “Dogs Bollo*ks” of UK politics.
The worst of all humanity…..
#HonestBob
#Cruella
#DubaiDick
#30pLee
#ZiaUseless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
After 14 years of Tory incompetence, #FarageRiots truly believes that his new Tory incarnation is the “Dogs Bollo*ks” of UK politics.
The worst of all humanity…..
#HonestBob
#Cruella
#DubaiDick
#30pLee
#ZiaUseless
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"We're not like other parties, and I won't tolerate disloyalty," says Farage, as he introduces a cabinet that is 50% disloyal people from another party.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage unveils Reform UK frontbench team and warns over dissent
Leader says move should end claims of one-man band and shows party is ‘creating a machine for government’
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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What it’s really like in American concentration camps, Please repost.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
Raw America (@rawstory)
SCOOP: ICE DETENTION horror. Rep. Kelly Morrison forced her way into Minnesota’s Whipple facility. What she saw was horrific: “Everyone in there is wearing leg shackles. There is minimal food.”
One...
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February 17, 2026 at 3:41 PM
What it’s really like in American concentration camps, Please repost.
substack.com/@rawstory/no...
substack.com/@rawstory/no...